[Tutor] Guess my number game

[Brian van den Broek]

Pujo Aji said unto the world upon 2005-12-15 14:52:
> Hi,
> your guess still use random.randrange that's make computer doesn't care
> about whether guess is low or higher than your number.
> 
> This code should be like this:

<snip pujo's corrected code>

> Hope this help
> 
> pujo
> 
> On 12/15/05, William Mhlanga <reddazz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>I have been trying to write a guess my number game (using Michael Dawsons
>>book), where the computer guesses the number that I thought of. Here is my
>>code so far,

<snip William's original code>

>>
>>The program works ok, but the computer sometimes repeats the same numbers
>>when asked to guess. How can I rewrite it so that it guesses like what a
>>human being does i.e. if the number is less than 20, you do not guess
>>numbers above 20.
>>
>>Thanks for your help.
>>

Hi William,

I have a suggestion for you: once you get the "guess by random 
flailing" approach to work, you might think about ways to try to make 
you code live up to the claim "I will try to guess it in as few 
attempts as possible.\n" :-)

Right now, if the number is 1, it could take the code 50 tries in the 
worst case, even with pujo's suggestion to improve the strategy you 
started with.

If you get stuck on that, post back.

Best,

Brian vdB